National Institute of Technology, Puducherry

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{{Infobox university
| name = National Institute of Technology Puducherry
| image = NIT Puducherry Official logo.png
| established = {{Start date and age|2010}}
| endowment = [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)]]
| type = [[Public university|Public]] [[Technical University]] ([[Institute of National Importance]])
| chairman = [[Yet to be Nominated]]<ref>[http://www.nitpy.ac.in/chairman.php Chairman]. www.nitpy.ac.in.retrieved on 2015-12-26.</ref>
| director = Dr. K. Sankaranarayanasamy<ref>[http://www.nitpy.ac.in/administration/the-director/index.html]. www.nitpy.ac.in. retrieved on 2018-02-28.</ref>
| dean = Dr. S. Thangavel (Academics)
| city = [[Karaikal]]
| state = [[Puducherry (union territory)|Union Territory of Puducherry]]
| postalcode = 609609
| country = India
| free_label = Acronym
| free = NITPY
| nickname = NITians, NITPYians
| website = {{URL|www.nitpy.ac.in}}
| coordinates = {{Coord|10.595|N|79.507|E|display=inline,title}}
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]] / [[Enclave and exclave|Coastal Enclave]]<br/> {{convert|258|acre|km2}}
| language = English
}}
'''National Institute of Technology Puducherry''' ('''NIT Puducherry''' or '''NITPY''') is an autonomous [[Public university|public]] [[Technical university|technical]] and [[research university]] located in the city of [[Karaikal]] in [[Union Territory of Puducherry]] and is a coastal enclave in the basin of river [[Kaveri]] within the [[Nagapattinam]] District of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Founded and Established in 2010, it is one among the 31 [[National Institute of Technology|National institutes of Technology]] of India and is declared as an [[Institute of National Importance]]<ref name="MHRD List">{{cite web|url=http://mhrd.gov.in/institutions-national-importance|title=Institutions of National Importance|date=23 April 2015|publisher=[[Ministry of Human Resource Development]], [[Government of India]]|access-date=26 Dec 2015}}</ref> by the [[Government of India]] under [[National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007|National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007]].

==History==
NIT Puducherry is one of the ten NITs, sanctioned by the [[Government of India]] in 2009, as part of the [[Five-Year plans of India|Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007–2012)]].<ref>[http://performance.gov.in/sites/default/files/departments/higher-edu/Annual%20Report%202009-10.pdf New NITs]. www.performance.gov.in.retrieved on 2015-12-26.</ref> The institute was mentored by National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in the initial years.

==Campus==
NIT Puducherry is having a campus spread around 258 acres in the suburban village Poovam and Thiruvettakudi of city of Karaikal in the Union territory of Puducherry. NIT Puducherry is a fully residential campus. The institute and hostels are equipped with Internet and LAN facility. The campus consists of boys hostel, girls hostel, science block, administrative block, guest house, director residence, staff residence. The institute also has Sports complex with Football ground, Basketball ground, Cricket ground and Badminton Court.

== Organisation and administration ==
=== Governance ===
[[File:NIT Organisational Structure.png|thumb|Organisation Structure of National Institute of Technology]]The [[President of India]] is the ''ex officio'' visitor of all the [[National Institutes of Technology]] (NITs). The National Institutes of Technology Council ([[NIT Council]]) works directly under him and it includes the minister-in-charge of technical education in Central Government, the Chairman and the Directors of all the NITs, the Chairman of [[University Grants Commission (India)]], the Director-General of [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the Directors of other selected central institutions of repute, members of Parliament, Joint Council Secretary of [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]], nominees of the Central Government, [[All India Council for Technical Education]] and the Visitor. The NIT Council is the highest decision making body in the NIT fraternity and is answerable only to the [[Government of India]]. The NIT Council is expected to meet regularly and take steps conducive for maximum growth of the NITs as whole in the near future.

Below the NIT Council is each NIT's Board of Governors. Each institute has a Board of Governors responsible for its administration and control. The Board of Governors of each NIT consists of the chairman and other members, which include government, industry, alumni, deans and associate deans, registrar, head of departments and faculty representation. The Director is the chairperson of the Senate and serves under the Board of Governors and is the Institute's chief academic and executive officer. The Registrar is the chief administrative officer and overviews day-to-day operations. Below the Head of Department, are the various faculty members (professors, assistant professors, and lecturers).

Academic policies are decided by the Senate, which is composed of some professors and other representatives. The Senate controls and approves the curriculum, courses, examinations, and results. Senate committees examine specific academic matters. The teaching, training, and research activities of various departments of the institute are periodically reviewed to maintain educational standards.

The NITs across India and are fully funded institutions under the Central Government with Deemed to be University status. The move was intended to make the institutions centers of excellence and being developed as autonomous and flexible academic institutions of excellence to meet the sweeping changes taking place in the industrial environment in post liberalized India and also the rapidly changing scene of technical education globally.

=== Departments ===

==== Engineering, Sciences and Humanities ====

*[[Chemistry]]
*[[Civil engineering|Civil Engineering]]
*[[Computer science and engineering|Computer Science and Engineering]]
*[[Electrical and electronics engineering|Electrical and Electronics Engineering]]
*[[Electronics and Communication engineering|Electronics and Communication Engineering]]
*[[Humanities]] and [[Social Sciences]]
*[[Mathematics]]
*[[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical Engineering]]
* [[Physics]]

==Academics==

===Admission===
Admission to the [[Undergraduate education|Undergraduate programs]] ([[Bachelor of Technology|BTech]]) is highly competitive and is based on the rank secured by the candidates in the [[Joint Entrance Examination (Main)]] conducted by [[National Testing Agency|National Testing Agency (NTA)]]. Candidates must also secure at least 75% marks in the 12th class examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination conducted by the respective Central/State Boards. For [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]]/[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] students, the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th class examination. The examination is considered to be one of the toughest examinations in the world.

In total number of seats available 50% of seats are reserved for the candidates having residence/native (home state) at [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]<ref name="CSAB Business rules">[http://nitpy.ac.in/assets/pdfs/CSAB_2015_Rules.pdf CSAB Business rules]. www.nitpy.ac.in/Business_Rules retrieved on 2016-01-01</ref> (includes [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Karaikal]], [[Mahé district|Mahe]], [[Yanam]]) and [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]. The remaining 50% seats are filled on All India quota basis. [[Joint Seat Allocation Authority|Joint Seat Allocation Authority(JoSSA)]] handles UG admission process.

Admission to [[Postgraduate education|Postgraduate programs]] ([[Master of Engineering|MTech]]) is done based on the rank secured by the candidate in [[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering]] (GATE) conducted jointly by the [[Indian Institute of Science]] and seven [[Indian Institutes of Technology|Indian Institutes of Technologies]] at [[IIT Roorkee|Roorkee]], [[IIT Delhi|Delhi]], [[IIT Guwahati|Guwahati]], [[IIT Kanpur|Kanpur]], [[IIT Kharagpur|Kharagpur]], [[IIT Madras|Chennai (Madras)]] and [[IIT Bombay|Mumbai (Bombay)]] on behalf of the National Coordination Board – GATE, [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Higher Education]], [[Ministry of Education]] (MoE), [[Government of India]]. PG admission is made through the Centralized Counselling for MTech (CCMT).

NIT Puducherry follows the reservation policy declared by the [[Supreme Court of India]], by which 27% of seats are reserved for [[Other Backward Class|Other Backward Classes (OBCs)]], 15% for [[Scheduled castes|Scheduled Castes (SCs)]], and 7.5% for [[Scheduled castes|Scheduled Tribes (STs)]] and 10% for economically weaker section (ews) .<ref name="NITPY_Institute_Profile">[http://josaa.nic.in/seatinfo/root/InstProfile.aspx?instcd=215 NITPY_Institute_Profile]. retrieved on 2016-01-02.</ref>

The institute also accepts foreign nationals through scholarships awarded by the Government of India, and [[Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin|Non-Resident Indians]] (NRIs/PIOs) through an independent scheme known as Direct Admission for Students Abroad (DASA).

===Courses===

====Undergraduate Programs====

===== BTech =====
The institute awards 4 years long [[Bachelor of Technology|BTech]] degree courses in the following disciplines<ref name="NITPY_Institute_Profile" />
*Computer Science and Engineering
*Electronics and Communication Engineering
*Electrical and Electronics Engineering
*Mechanical Engineering
*Civil Engineering

====Post-Graduate Programs====

===== MTech =====
The institute offers 2 years long [[Master of Engineering|MTech]] degree course in the following disciplines

* Computer Science & Engineering
* Power Electronics
* VLSI Design

=====PhD=====
The institute accepts doctoral candidates for research in the following fields

* Chemistry
* Civil Engineering
* Computer Science and Engineering
* Electrical and Electronics Engineering
* Electronics and Communication Engineering
* English
* Mathematics
* Mechanical Engineering
* Physics

===Rankings===
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| type = University and college

| NIRF_E_2020 = 130
}}

NIT Puducherry ranked 130 among engineering colleges by the ''[[National Institutional Ranking Framework]]'' (NIRF) in 2020.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_E_2020 />

==See also==
*[[National Institutes of Technology]]
*[[Indian Institutes of Technology]]
*[[List of Institutes of National Importance]]
*[[Joint Entrance Examination (Main)]]
*[[All India Engineering Entrance Examination]]
*[[Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering]]

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.nitpy.ac.in}}

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[[Category:National Institutes of Technology]]
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[[Category:Engineering colleges in Puducherry]]
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